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Departure Rocks

Coordinates: 67°37′S 62°49′E / 67.617°S 62.817°E / -67.617; 62.817
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Departure Rocks
Departure Rocks is located in Antarctica
Departure Rocks
Departure Rocks
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates67°37′S 62°49′E / 67.617°S 62.817°E / -67.617; 62.817
Total islands4
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The Departure Rocks are a group of 4 steep-sided rocks lying 2 kilometres (1 nmi) north of Peake-Jones Rock in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and were so named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia because Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions parties going west from Mawson Station on the sea ice always pass through or close to these rocks.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Departure Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-01-12.

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